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Charlotte Everett

Amanda Holden admits to failing Dry January again - even earlier than last year

Amanda Holden has admitted she's failed Dry January for the second year in a row, and this time it's even earlier than last year.

While presenting Heart Breakfast, the star revealed that her weekend consisted of sherry and gin despite meaning to not drink any alcohol for the whole month.

Ashley Roberts also admitted to falling off the wagon as she enjoyed a gin and tonic on her days off as well.

Jamie immediately asked his co-presenter what she got up to at the weekend and Amanda didn't even try to hide what she'd done.

The Britain's Got Talent judge said she'd drank on Friday and Saturday before quickly adding that she'd also drank on Sunday as well.

Amanda said: "As I always do when I make a Sunday roast, I have a small Harveys Bristol Cream Sherry and I always toast my nan. My nan liked a Sherry, so I was saying ‘cheers Nanny’ and so yeah, and I had pizza on Friday and I made a roast dinner yesterday and I went out on Saturday."

Amanda Holden returned to work after a Christmas break (noholdenback/Instagram)
Amanda and Ashley admitted to falling off the wagon (Instagram)

However, Jamie didn't give her a hard time and instead insisted that just having the one drink isn't falling off the wagon, until Amanda confessed to having two.

She explained it's a tradition of hers to have a sherry like her nan: "My nan used to have it in a little schooner, that’s how she used to do it, and I used to do that but I’ve since taken to having it on ice with a slice of orange."

But it wasn't just Amanda who'd drank as Ashley then piped up and admitted she'd not stuck to the challenge either.

Jamie joked that the two of them must have encouraged each other to drink.

The girls laughed it off but admitted they'd sent each other photos of their gins over the weekend.

Amanda enjoyed a holiday with her family (INSTAGRAM)

Jamie said: "Independently you would have been fine but I have the feeling you egged each other on."

However, Amanda justified their actions saying they'd restricted themselves anyways.

She added: "We might have done, we made each other feel better for falling off the wagon. Any way I keep saying we’ve been denied so much, why are we doing this to ourselves!"

Despite the small slip up, Ashley said she was going to attempt the challenge again from Monday and Amanda suggested they should just stick to no drinking Monday to Friday.

Amanda posted bikini snaps while she was away (Instagram)

Amanda recently got back from enjoying the winter sun in Antigua over the festive period.

The TV star jetted off to the Caribbean island along with her two daughters and husband.

The 50 year old left little to the imagination as she regularly posted bikini photos in the sun during the Christmas and New Year celebrations.

Amanda topped up her tan while relaxing on the stunning beach ahead of her return to her usual day job working on Heart Breakfast.

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